'Gentle' On My Mind...

A gentle-touch goes a long way. Quite often in life our ‘knee-jerk’ response to some certain situations may be that of an ‘aggressive’ nature ~ we tend to want to ‘fight fire with fire’ when we are greeted by and/or with hostility, belligerence, force, and/or forms of ‘violence’; yet, choosing a more ‘gentle’ approach is more representative of ‘strength’ as far as I’m concerned; for it takes far more reserve and inner-resolve to NOT be ‘reactive’ when we feel ‘threatened’. There is a HUGE difference between being assertive compared to being aggressive. One can get one’s ‘point’ across without retaliation in the form of ‘an eye for an eye’. Walking away from folks who are ‘up in your face’ takes more self-control, albeit inner-STRENGTH, than does continuing a verbal-argument or a physical-confrontation. Telling someone you love them when they’re screaming words of hate at you has more of an impact than offering hate in return, especially to/for ourselves. Taking the ‘higher-road’ and a more ‘gentle’ tactic shows ‘strength of character’; as does being able to forgive when the need to do so presents itself. It’s interesting, to say the least, that plenty of people think that by being ‘cool, calm, and collected’ in the face of ‘calamity’ they are showing personal- flaws, deficiency, shortcomings, and/or imperfection, AKA ‘weakness’, when in reality, they are displaying moral power, firmness, or courage which indicates a power of reasoning allowing for ‘cooler heads to prevail’. So...the next time an ‘opportunity’ presents itself for you to ‘oblige’ and you have the choice... let GENTLENESS be the STRENGTH you elicited. Just Sayin’...